Hi there! 👋

My name's Thomas, and I like to code. I love programming, computers, and learning about both.

• 🔭 I’m currently working on ...

  • Contributing to various freelance projects involving AI (prompt engineering, task review, etc.)
  • Gradually working on some of my ASM6502/NES projects for general purpose use, such as:
    • Writing (or editing) my documentation for the tutorials I made for how to learn ASM6502/NES programming, available here:
      • Hello World On the NES! (https://www.github.com/thomaslantern/nes-hello-world)
      • NES Graphics Basics (https://www.github.com/thomaslantern/nes-basic-graphics)
      • NES Sound Basics (https://www.github.com/thomaslantern/nes-basic-sound)
      • NES Controller Basics (https://www.github.com/thomaslantern/nes-basic-controls)
      • NES Birthday Blast (Demo Game) (https://www.github.com/thomaslantern/nes-birthday-blast)
      • NES Background Collision Basics (https://github.com/thomaslantern/nes-basic-collisions)

• 🌱 I’m currently learning ... so many things! Here's a few:

  • Going to Athabasca University (part-time, honours student). I've loved every course so far. It's been a great experience!
  • Reading through Game Boy Coding Adventure, by Maximilien Dagois; (page 10/409)

Finished Reading:

• The Art of Computer Programming Vol III, by Donald Knuth; (Jan 2026)

• Java Cookbook (Third Edition), by Ian F. Darwin; (Jan 2026)

• The C++ Programming Language (Second Edition), by Bjarne Stroustrup; (Dec 2025)

• The Art of Computer Programming Vol I, by Donald Knuth; (Nov 2025)

• Effective C++ (Third Edition) by Scott Meyers; (Oct 2025)

• The Art of Computer Programming Vol II, by Donald Knuth; (Aug 2025)

• Algorithms, by Robert Sedgewick; (Aug 2025)

• JavaScript For Web Professionals, by Barrett, Livingston, and Brown; (Mar 2025)

• Effective Java Programming Language Guide, by Joshua Bloch; (Feb 2025)

• JavaScript Pocket Reference, by David Flanagan; (Jan 2025)

• The Practice of Programming, by Kernighan and Pike; (Dec 2024)

• The C Programming Language (2nd Edition), by Kernigan and Ritchie; (Oct 2023)

• 📫 How to reach me: Send me an email! shikisha at hotmail dot com is my main e-mail address. I'd love to speak with you about all things code.